Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.

Plastics 262

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 262

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. This is exacerbated in the fast fashion industry where there are shorter product life cycles, increased waste, and less consideration for the environment.

Fashion 183

Fashion Waste Waste Retail 183

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Just in time to celebrate National Forest Week from July 13 to July 19, fashion brand Solo New York is planting one tree per purchase for its line of affordable bags made from recycled plastic bottles.

Plastics 190

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fashion 190

Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion has come to save the fashion industry. Today, the fashion industry is widely regarded as the second most polluting industry in the world, releasing 1.2 Sustainable fashion definition.

Fashion 148

Fashion Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging 148

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Their line of handbags proves that it’s possible to achieve high fashion aesthetics without compromising ethics and values. To start, Sambar only works with vegan and sustainable materials, showing that the fashion industry can have the best of both worlds. Luxury with a Conscience”. To me, sustainability is very personal.

Fashion 148

Fashion Sustainability Plastics Carbon-neutral 148

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

As the fashion world looks for alternatives to plastic and leather, mycelium is rising to the top of the material supply chain.

Fashion 244

Fashion Plastics 244

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

So it makes sense that a name like Surfrider is a perfect match with #Tide Ocean and the fashion company MVMT. In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals.

Plastics 218

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fashion 218

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand . Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper.

Fashion 148

Fashion Organic Sustainability Recycling 148

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Its interdisciplinary team is based on the east coast of the United States and combines expertise in food technology, seaweed biology, polymer engineering and even fashion to create “not just the material, but also the feeling of the brand." Loliware was founded in 2016 in pursuit of "a radical leap towards [a sustainable packaging] future."

Technology 532

Technology Building Energy Monitoring Packaging Carbon-negative 532

GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2019

From new ventures from sustainability stalwarts to tech executives in energy management, it's an interesting time of the year for the sustainability field.

Fashion 288

Fashion Sustainability Energy Energy 288

GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

It means changing consumption patterns to reduce new purchases and keep clothes in use for longer, for instance by developing the second-hand and rental markets as well as changing the culture of fast fashion. The Action Agenda demonstrates five opportunities associated with the shift to a circular economy: 1.

Plastics 347

Plastics Fossil fuels Recycling Recycling 347

GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

The company serves as a delivery service where groceries come in reusable containers, then get retrieved, cleaned and reused in future deliveries, cutting out the plastic packaging waste and relieving the customer of doing any work themselves. Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste.

Startups 512

Startups Recycling Recycling Waste 512

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Related: SAOLA offers sustainable sneakers sourced from algae and recycled plastic + Roya Aghighi Via Dezeen biogarmentry, roya aghighi, living clothes eco fashion, eco clothing

Fashion 190

Fashion Plastics Recycling Recycling 190

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The World Needs a More Sustainable Fashion Industry. Sustainable fashion is our only option. The future of our planet, maintaining adequate resources, and protecting human rights all depend on our toxic fashion industry evolving to a more sustainable and circular fashion industry. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

Fashion 109

Fashion Sustainability Ethics Waste 109

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.

Carbon 278

Carbon Plastics Biotech Biotechnology 278

Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

Adidas launches its SS22 Tennis Collection, a high-performance tennis apparel line featuring graphics inspired by Paris’ botanical gardens and green spaces, garments in the collection were made either in part with Parley Ocean Plastic or in part with recycled content.

Plastics 145

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 145

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives. Stop harming wildlife.

Retail 111

Retail Plastics Sustainability Fashion 111

Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. A lot of attention has focused on phasing out single-use plastics , which create visible plastic pollution and release microplastics when they break down. The bits of plastic shed from synthetic textiles have their own term: microfibers.

Plastics 113

Plastics Waste Waste Microplastics 113

Better Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2023

Not So Fast (Fashion)- Resale Continues to Rise Our Investment in Beni Whether you try and keep up with the latest fashion trends, or your kids do, there’s no denying the prevalence of fast fashion. The UN has declared that “the only way to make fashion sustainable is to end the throwaway culture.” Try out Beni here !

Fashion 98

Fashion Retail Waste Waste 98

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Recycled plastic: There’s market demand, but where’s the supply? Biodiversity in fashion (37:35) . Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (7:35). In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes.

Fashion 254

Fashion Biodiversity Policy Recycling 254

Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Modern methods of fashion have led to worldwide global catastrophe. The plastics, the waste, the non-recyclable materials…it has all added up to the biggest environmental crisis humankind has ever faced. WAMA Underwear is turning to hemp, one of the most sustainable fabrics in the world.

Recycled materials 160

Recycled materials Sustainability Fashion Plastics 160

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done.

Fashion 130

Fashion Recycling Recycling Waste 130

Forbes Green Tech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Oil and gas producers looking to demand for plastic to ease the pain of falling demand gasoline and diesel will be disappointed as alternatives become more common.

Plastics 89

Plastics Fashion Demand 89

Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

Governments must work together to avoid tidal wave of plastic waste, think tank warns. Plastic waste is on track to triple by 2060, according to the latest report from the OECD think tank, which warns that recycling capacity and circular economy policies are failing to keep pace with still surging global demand for plastics.

Plastics 93

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 93

Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

New UBS analysis warns consumption of fast fashion items is likely to decline by up to 30 per cent over the coming decade as consumers increasingly embrace more sustainable fashion choices. Recent trends arond plastic waste and 'flight shame' demonstrate that ESG-related behavioural changes can happen "extremely quickly", it notes.

Fashion 78

Fashion Retail Carbon-negative Demand 78

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. Plastic pollution is a problem greatly impacting the health of NYC waterways. While leading Park Over Plastic, we have faced innovation gaps or times when there isn’t a viable replacement for some single-use plastics.

Sustainability 375

Sustainability Plastics Innovation Education 375

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Biodegradable plastics made from invasive sargassum. Seaweed-based biofibers to decarbonize global fashion. Water-insulated panels and nature-based construction materials. Women-led companies from Mexico to. The post Female founders power climate entrepreneurship in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Biodegradable 115

Biodegradable Fashion Plastics Construction 115

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Sustainable Fashion Starts With Eliminating Toxic Fast Fashion. The use of toxic chemicals threatens the progress of creating a truly sustainable fashion industry. This is exacerbated in the fast fashion industry where there are shorter product life cycles, increased waste, and less consideration for the environment.

Fashion 78

Fashion Waste Waste Retail 78

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

Plastics 103

Plastics Ethics Biodegradable Organic 103

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste. A new 'community zone' has also been set up at the store for pop-ups and partnerships with charities, and to showcase sustainable fashion lines produced by Asda's clothing brand, George.

Plastics 101

Plastics Recycling Recycling Sustainability 101

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

The fashion industry has a pollution problem. These skyrocketing emissions are compounded by the fact that the fashion industry has dramatically low rates of recycling, which creates a dependence on virgin materials. "The Those materials are great, but they solve waste problems in other industries, not in fashion.".

Fashion 82

Fashion Recycling Recycling Investment 82

Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Companies across the fashion industry have deployed pilots for circular - or more sustainable - products, but too often they stop there. The fashion industry is damaging to the planet - it's responsible for 10 per cent of the world's carbon emissions. We're eating about a credit card worth of plastic every year.".

Fashion 77

Fashion Waste Waste Seafood 77

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

For example, a lot of fashion companies might use organic cotton or maybe they’ll use recycled plastic. But one thing that they might not necessarily talk about is how the production of plastic can cause pollution. Katz: Absolutely.

Organic 484

Organic Plastics Sustainability Politics 484

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Raft of new environmental targets sees fashion giant pledge to strengthen the durability of its clothes and switch to recycled or sustainably sourced materials. Because of who we are, we believe we have the opportunity to make more sustainable fashion choices affordable to all.".

Fashion 84

Fashion Sustainability Carbon Recycling 84

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Fashion brand Covalent, created to showcase the potential of a biomaterial called AirCarbon made by biotech firm Newlight Technologies, has started communicating with its customers in a similar way. Recycler Plastic Bank is also using IBM blockchain services to verify its claims.

Carbon 325

Carbon Blockchain Carbon-negative Biotech 325

Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Firms representing more than $857bn in combined revenues have now signed up to the CanopyStyle initiative which aims to eliminate destruction of endangered and ancient forests from fashion supply chains. Such forests are both critical ecosystems for plants and nature, while also acting as significant natural stores of carbon.

Fashion 73

Fashion Retail Logging Ethics 73

Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Research reveals that just 19 policies have been introduced to tackle negative impacts of fast fashion since 2007 - compared to 689 to try and tackle obesity. The huge environmental and social impact of the fashion industry is becoming ever more apparent," he said. "If

Fashion 63

Fashion Government Policy Fossil fuels 63